"Master, we really can only take ten carts?" Qian Zongshu's official residence, which covers an area of more than ten acres, looked at the dozens of carts filled with various riches in the compound, Qian Zongshu's wife said with heartache and reluctance on her face as if she had died of her father......

After glaring at his wife fiercely, Qian Zongshu said helplessly: "If this is not the case, do you want to end up in the same fate as the Hou Yefu, being killed by the Haw Par Army at the gate of the city, and all the family property was confiscated by the Haw Par Army......

After Qian Zongshu finished speaking, his wife's face instantly turned pale.

Because, the fact that the Hou Yefu was killed after crashing into the city gate was too great a shock to them.

In the past, the city of Beijing was very arrogant, and even Emperor Chongzhen turned a blind eye to the emperor's relatives and relatives, in front of the tiger and leopard army, they were killed, and even the family property accumulated for hundreds of years could not be saved.

In the face of this living example, although Madame is unwilling, she can only accept it.

Because of the limited number of carts, even if they knew that the Haw Par Army would not provide any food supplies during the half month they passed through Shandong, no one loaded the carts with food when they loaded the carts.

Soon, the ten carts were filled with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and antique calligraphy and paintings.

Looking at the remaining belongings in the house, Qian Zongshu could only give up even if he was reluctant.

Then, with his family and ten carts, he walked towards the gate of the city.

Although he was the head of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty who had reached the peak of his courtiers, in front of the tiger and leopard army at the city gate, not only did he not get any preferential treatment, but he was constantly scrutinized by hundreds of tigers and leopard army like a prisoner.

As soon as his identity was confirmed by the other party, Qian Zongshu couldn't help but speak: "This general, this official is the first assistant of the cabinet, and the official of the imperial court. According to the rules set by your prince, this official can take ten carts with him...... I don't know if this official can go out of the city now. ”

"Of course you can ......" The cavalry company commander who stood in front of Qian Zongshu replied without thinking about it.

Just when Qian Zongshu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, preparing to leave this city gate where the air was still filled with the smell of blood. The cavalry company commander standing in front of him not only did not get out of the way, but instead changed his words and said with savings. "However, I have just received a military order from the prince here. From today onwards, all the carts carried by the imperial court officials and relatives of the imperial family when they leave the city must pay a fee of 10,000 taels of silver for each cart before they can leave the city......"

Qian Zongshu, who was standing in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and asked with an incredible face: "This little general, you are talking again, how much is the cost of going out of the city for your prince......

"10,000 taels of silver for a cart, if you don't have silver, you can use gold, that's 1,000 taels of gold for a cart...... Master Qian, you have brought a total of ten carts, and according to the military order given to us by the prince, you need to pay 100,000 taels of silver before you can leave Beijing......"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver, you are not going out of the city at all, you are robbing ...... at this time" After listening to the cavalry company commander's answer again, Qian Zongshu directly showed an unprecedented shocked expression on his face. Then, facing the cavalry company commander who was blocking in front of him, he exclaimed loudly.

Then, like an angry lion, he scolded at the gate of the city regardless of his identity.

As for the cavalry company commander, he stood at the gate of the city expressionlessly, indifferent......

Of course, this does not mean that Qian Zongshu can't take out the 100,000 taels of silver. As the first assistant of the cabinet, no matter how honest Qian Zongshu is, he has accumulated hundreds of thousands of taels of wealth in his decades of official career.

It's just that these hundreds of thousands of taels of wealth have been accumulated by themselves little by little, and now, suddenly let himself take out 100,000 taels of silver to squander, as long as he is a normal person, he will feel very uncomfortable.

As time passed, maybe it was because Qian Zongshu was tired of scolding, or maybe it was because the indifference of the cavalry company commander made him feel that there was no point in continuing to scold. Qian Zongshu, who still had a deep anger on his face, finally stopped.

Stared at a pair of eyes, staring at the cavalry company commander in front of him to see if there was room for relaxation.

However, Qian Zongshu was disappointed. From the calm face of the cavalry company commander, Qian Zongshu clearly felt that if he didn't pay this amount of silver, he would definitely not be able to leave Beijing City today.

After taking a deep breath, Qian Zongshu directly summoned his butler and ordered loudly: "Leave two silver carts of 80,000 taels of silver and hand them over to this general, and we will take the remaining eight carts out of the city...... In this Beijing city at his feet, the official doesn't want to stay longer at all......"

When he was in the mansion, because of the rules of the Haw Par Army, he left a lot of property. Now, in order to get out of the city, he once again left 80,000 taels of silver.

Mrs. Qian Zongshu, who had been aggrieved all the way, finally broke out at this time. Directly rushed to Qian Zongshu's side, crying and shouting loudly: "Master, this silver must not be handed over, this is the silver we have worked so hard to accumulate, and it must not be handed over...... Aren't you the head of the cabinet, why are you still afraid of these ...... who are soldiers?"

Hearing that his wife was talking about the excesses of the moon for the silver, Qian Zongshu, who was also holding back a cloud of anger in his heart and had no place to send it, directly pointed the finger at his wife, and scolded loudly: "You are a woman, what do you know...... The butler immediately dragged the lady back to the carriage and tied it with a rope. No one can let the lady out without this order......"

In this way, Qian Zongshu, who had paid 80,000 taels of silver, had to leave Beijing with anger and grievances, with the remaining eight carts and dozens of family members, and followed Chongzhen to Nanjing.

Qian Zongshu, the first assistant of the imperial cabinet, all succumbed in front of the tiger and leopard army and paid a sky-high fee for leaving the city, not to mention other civil and military ministers.

Therefore, in just one day, the tiger and leopard army guarding the major gates of the capital received almost 3.5 million taels of silver from the emperor's relatives and hundreds of civil and military officials.

And as time continues, there will be more and more expenses for going out of the city.

However, this is only the first hurdle that these people need to pass through to get to Nanjing.

When one by one, the convoy left Beizhili to pick up and entered Shandong and Shanxi, which were under the control of the Haw Par Army. Qian Zongshu, the first assistant of the cabinet, had to face a problem. After several days of hurrying, everyone had eaten all the dry food they had brought with them.

Under such circumstances, Qian Zongshu's first reaction was to buy food with silver along the way.

As a result, more than a dozen henchmen scattered directly to the villages on both sides of the official road, intending to buy food from the people......

However, the facts in front of him disappointed him again. Even if they bought grain from the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces at five times or even ten times the price, none of them sold grain to themselves, and even some coarse grains that they usually did not look at were able to buy a little.

Faced with this problem, Qian Zongshu immediately thought of a rule in the agreement of the Haw Par Army.

All the officials and relatives of the emperor who moved to Nanjing will not receive any supplements after entering the Haw Par military-controlled area. Therefore, I hope that when you leave the city of Beijing, you can bring enough food with you.

For Qian Zongshu, the best way to ensure that all family members and henchmen go out of the Shanxi area smoothly and not go hungry is to free up a big cart to load grain.

However, when the carts are limited and even the belongings cannot be filled, how can anyone be willing to use the limited carts to load very cheap grain? Besides, I'm going to leave Beijing, who will take this sentence in my eyes.

As a result, the officials and relatives of the emperor and the state in the Shanxi area, almost 10,000 people, as if they had been discussed, fell into a food crisis at the same time.

Of course, these royal relatives and officials, who were holding large sums of silver, did not compromise on this.

In their eyes, as long as they have money, there is nothing they can't do.

However, these people clearly underestimated the influence and appeal of the Haw Par Army in this area.

No matter how much money they offered, no one sold them grain. What's more, the people on both sides of the official road, after seeing them, were like seeing a plague, and directly avoided them......

As a last resort, these hungry officials and relatives of the emperor could only pin their hopes on the Haw Par Army escorting them along the way, hoping to buy some life-saving food from the Haw Par Army.

"This little general, we haven't eaten for a day, I don't know if your army can sell us some grain, we are willing to pay a high price to buy it......" A high-ranking official of the imperial court, as if talking to Emperor Chongzhen, asked a company commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army beside him with a nervous face.

The company commander did not refuse, and after some hesitation, he directly offered an unprecedented sky-high price......

"Yes, our prince said that we can take out some of the military rations and sell them to you...... It's just that the price is a bit ......"

The official's face was overjoyed, and he said with a nonchalant face: "The current price of grain is five taels of silver per load, and I am willing to pay fifty taels of silver to buy a load of grain from the hands of the tiger and leopard army......

In the eyes of this official, in the face of ten times the high price, the other party will definitely agree. However, the real situation, once again, was beyond his expectations.

Regarding the high price of fifty taels of silver, the commander refused without thinking about it: "No, it's too low...... If you had set aside a cart to load grain according to the king's orders, this would not have happened. But you have turned carts of grain into silver, and this is not yours. ”

"Therefore, our prince has decided that as long as you leave the silver on the grain cart, we will fill the grain cart with the grain that should be loaded, enough for you to leave the Shanxi area......" As a high-ranking official of the imperial court, this person understood the implicit meaning of this tiger and leopard army's words in just the blink of an eye. Then, Wish's unprecedented shock appeared on his face. R1152